Paul Sturrock is angling to land his first transfer market 'catch of the summer' sooner rather than later - but has no immediate plans to let any of his current players off the hook.

Sturrock and chairman Rupert Lowe have been spending the past few weeks working on trying to get in a few new faces ahead of pre-season training in July.

They are closing in on their targets and will need to make room in the squad by moving a few current players on - but Sturrock says it's unlikely anybody will leave until August.

He said: "We have targets we would like to bring to this club, but that's an ongoing thing. Hopefully sooner or later one of the fish we are out there fishing for we will catch.

"There are positions I want to strengthen.

"I feel we need different types of players to what we have got. We have got to watch also that we don't have a bigger squad, but I'm also appreciative of the injury problems we had at the end of the season so we have to have the right numbers in the squad

"That means that some will have to move on to enable space for others to come in. But that's all ongoing and I would imagine those going out of the club will be in August when there will be the usual scrambling."

However, Sturrock has assured Saints fans the club is not looking to sell any of its top names.

"This is the time of year when you get all the naughty stories about Southampton players leaving, but I can assure the fans that will not happen," added Sturrock.

"Of course every footballer has a price, but we are not a selling club, we are appreciative of our position in the league during the last few seasons.

"We are a top-half Premiership club and it is important that we build on that. There is a lot of building been done at this football club already that we do not want to dismantle.

"I've been told that certain players are being targeted by other football clubs but I can assure everyone that they will not be going anywhere.

"There are a lot of things in the press I would take with a pinch of salt. Papers have to be filled, but basically 90 per cent of it never unfolds."